Octopussy
by neolestat

Comment by larry595:
Tell your model to soak her razor in alcohol the night before she shaves. It will prevent razor bump!

Octopussy
by neolestat

Comment by BRCPRES:
If this is what this site is coming to, I don't think I'll renew. Inappropriate, and not a very good photo at that.

Octopussy
by neolestat

Comment by poonaka:
Great title made me laugh. Interesting photo; you must have one hell of a model to pose with an octopus like that. :)

Octopussy
by neolestat

Comment by cycleboy:
I don't believe this image is about art or good photography.

I believe the image, especially combined with the title are 100% about provoking a reaction as can be seen in the comments and that it has 700+ views. It is meant to make people gasp and whisper.

The definition of art is a moving target, so I don't think it is fair or logical to say it is or isn't art.

However, it is an image meant to be nothing more than shocking and offensive. I don't think a lot of people would see this and go, "Wow, what an amazing shot!"

As a photo, it seems like the focus is off - stuck somewhere between totally sharp and deliberately soft - which makes it just look out of focus. The colors are fairly uninteresting since they are all in a similar range. The lines aren't interesting as an abstract image, the only thing the lines might cause is for some people to want to see what is under the octopus, in other words - porn.

A similar image could be done with more interesting lighting and from a different angle/not so close up, and would be truly an interesting image. How would it look shot from the side, a couple feet away, with directional lighting, a soft focus, and perhaps black and white? Might be interesting and beautiful.

Octopussy
by neolestat

Comment by samanwar:
I don't see anything wrong with the idea itself, however, the execution could be much better, but this is just my opinion.

It does push the envelope as far as site rules, but other than that I definitely think that you have every right to present your artwork the way you see fit, and I don't think its anybody's business to ask you to remove it from the site just because they don't agree with it or because they don't find it artistic to their taste.

Octopussy
by neolestat

Comment by Brad:
This could have been shot from so many different angles and had more artistic effect, but this particular composition, though funny in an odd sense, is just plain too close-up, detailed and rude. I mean to count hair folicles and/or determine if there is any razor burn is just plain too close in my opinion. Back it up a tad, soften it up, shoot from a higher angle and make it more like a decoration or a curiosity.

In regards to what is said on the other site, great! Keep it there for the positive support, as you can see you aren't gtting it here. Please.

Any plans on entering a challenge here or just getting your works viewed by as wide of an audience as possible?
Just curious.

Octopussy
by neolestat

Comment by fotomann_forever:

Originally posted by Alain: I have nothing againts nude and even nothing againts porn (like many, I even like well done porn).

I love porn. :-)

Some decent porn here :
//neolestat.deviantart.com/gallery/

Octopussy
by neolestat

Comment by Alain:
OOF (Out Of Focus). Colors seems faded.


Message edited by author 2006-12-04 20:57:09.

Octopussy
by neolestat

Comment by sherpet:
I totally agree

Originally posted by fotomann_forever: Originally posted by neolestat: That is what art should be. I'll say it till I'm blue in the face... I am an artist first and a photographer second. I sorta like your style, but that sort of attitude disturbs me... This is by no means artistic. It's not really all that shocking or creative. Outside of this site, it's just another bad idea. It's quite trite in concept and as I said earlier poorly executed. You can do better than this. Just because you can come up with an idea and point a camera at it, doesn't make you an artist... if so, I could call all the porn I created in my earlier years art. There is a lot of stuff more evocative than this that came from my camera, but that doesn't mean I want to claim it. And, I damn sure won't claim that it is art. Well, I suppose I could go piss in a jar and hang a crucifix into it and call it art and get US federal grant money, but .... ehhh... to each his own.

Octopussy
by neolestat

Comment by fotomann_forever:

Originally posted by neolestat: That is what art should be. I'll say it till I'm blue in the face... I am an artist first and a photographer second.

I sorta like your style, but that sort of attitude disturbs me...

This is by no means artistic. It's not really all that shocking or creative. Outside of this site, it's just another bad idea. It's quite trite in concept and as I said earlier poorly executed.

You can do better than this.

Just because you can come up with an idea and point a camera at it, doesn't make you an artist... if so, I could call all the porn I created in my earlier years art. There is a lot of stuff more evocative than this that came from my camera, but that doesn't mean I want to claim it. And, I damn sure won't claim that it is art.

Well, I suppose I could go piss in a jar and hang a crucifix into it and call it art and get US federal grant money, but .... ehhh... to each his own.

Message edited by author 2006-10-14 22:12:51.